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Former FBI psychological profiler Austin Drake has been dragged from his scotch-induced stupor to work with the young and tenacious Maria Castellanos in a new private investigation business. They’ve just hung out their shingle, when a disturbing case falls in their laps. Three young women have been kidnapped and are being brutally tortured live on webcams from somewhere in Miami Beach. While Austin initially shirks the idea of investigating, believing the police are in the best position to solve the case, it soon becomes apparent there is more going on than meets the eye.

Gabe Snow was a 30-something ex-convict who managed to survive every misfortune life could throw at him until a mysterious woman named Anya appeared in a vision, pleading for help. Now, running from the law, an innate feeling is all Gabe has to lead him to a magical conduit that will transport him trillions of light-years beyond the edge of our known universe, to a world where science and magic coexist and a dark sorcerer threatens a nation struggling against a cancerous corruption.

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was the most controversial dramatist of his age. Most of his work focuses on the ubiquity and inevitably corrupting influence of sexual attraction. His most famous plays are the two that depict the rise, fall, and eventual gruesome death of the vampish Lulu, who, in Wedekind’s presentation, became a ghastly parody of Goethe’s “Eternal Feminine”. The first of the plays is Earth Spirit, in which Lulu marries and survives three husbands, only to face prosecution for the shooting of the third.

"Your Amazing Itty Bitty™ 15 “Police Tips” for Navigating a Thriving Police and First Responder Marriage. The life of a police wife or first responder spouse is something most people don’t think of. They live in an inordinate amount of continual stress. They must be supportive, understanding and stoic. They must protect their children from their own fears. They must navigate how the world sees them and educate friends and family about safety matters.